Identify my cedar

[Noble Zone]

I have what appears to be a Northern White Cedar about 20 feet tall. Or it was until recently. I'm told it isn't a Northern White Cedar but no one can tell me what it is. It has the shape, the spray, the trunk, the cones, the seeds, the characteristics of a Northern White Cedar. It's not an Atlantic White and it's not an ornamental arborvitae. Different seeds.
I'm told is can't be a Northern White Cedar because I live in Georgia. I've looked at other cedars in the area. Most are ornamental arborvitae or a variety of red cedar. No one has a tree like mine. I know this tree is over 50, because it was a giant Christmas Tree when I was a child, 50 years ago. It's probably closer to 100. Is there anything out there that looks identical to a Northern White Cedar that would grow in Zone 7? I would provide a picture, but all my pictures of it have it covered in snow, except the ones taken after it was butchered. You don't want to see that.

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Search Chamaecyparis thyoides, Atlantic white cedar, for starters.

 

[Noble Zone]

identify my tree

No. Not an atlantic white. They have those wax coated cones like the ornamental arborvitae. I've got ornamental arborvitae's in my backyard. This tree has a totally different cone. It is a very small, very tight cone; slightly yellowish when the size of a pin head and going from green to brown as the season progresses. The cones are in clusters and they are less than 1/4 inch long when full. I've looked at all the chamaecyparis's. Most of those have a straighter bark pattern. The bark pattern on this one looks a lot like a common red cedar except it's gray instead of brown.

 

[Noble Zone]

Identify my tree

I'm still trying to identify it. Here's a picture of the spray and cones. Other pictures can be found at http://www.noblezone.net/test_page.htm. Or, go to NobleZone.net and click on "My pitiful trees" at the bottom of the page.